Life With MOG Antibody Disorder

In 2015 I was diagnosed with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. Psychosis was a huge part of this illness aswell as a giant reset button was pushed in my brain. I had to relearn how to walk and talk and shower and go to the bathroom all over again. It was a super traumatic experience for me. Within just over a year after my 7 month hospital stay, I was in two car accidents which those injuries ended up hiding another illness. This past January 2020, I was diagnosed with MOG antibody disorder. It is a permeated illness and very closely related to Multiple Sclerosis with most of the same symptoms. It is an auto-immune disease that attacks the spine/nervous system and causes me a great deal of pain aswell as episodes of 4-8 hour headaches for days or even weeks at a time. Originally I set up this gofundme to help with money and tools for schooling to do automotive mechanics. I thought after all the tests the doctors did they would find something fixable, but they did not. MOG antibody disorder is a permanent disability and little is known about the long term outcome as MOG antibody disorder was only really found to be separate from MS in 2015. The doctors said I cannot return to mechanics, ever. So, because the treatment compromises my immune system by basically killing it, I cannot work and be around a lot of people in close quarters. I have been thinking a lot about a career over the last few weeks and I have decided to go with my other passion which is animals. More specifically I would like to do dog training. So this gofundme will now be for helping me save up for the course aswell as addicting in getting some of my debt dealt with. Thank you so much!